The Native Speaker: Myth and RealityLinguists, applied linguists and language teachers all appeal to the native speaker as an important reference point. But what exactly (who exactly?) is the native speaker? This book examines the native speaker from different points of view, arguing that the native speaker is both myth and reality. |
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... idiolect then although that is the chief source of what the child acquires it cannot be identical with what the child acquires . Otherwise it would not make sense to speak of the mother tongue as being the mother's own idiolect . There ...
... idiolect then although that is the chief source of what the child acquires it cannot be identical with what the child acquires . Otherwise it would not make sense to speak of the mother tongue as being the mother's own idiolect . There ...
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... idiolect . Within this view different languages are not important ; but what is of interest is the individual's idiolect , not because it is different from other idiolects but because it must , according to the theory , provide evidence ...
... idiolect . Within this view different languages are not important ; but what is of interest is the individual's idiolect , not because it is different from other idiolects but because it must , according to the theory , provide evidence ...
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... idiolect ' term starts again on Monday already ' is not possible , I recognise that it is possible in some idiolects of English . Third , the native speaker knows that a new word or expression , one that s / he has not heard before or ...
... idiolect ' term starts again on Monday already ' is not possible , I recognise that it is possible in some idiolects of English . Third , the native speaker knows that a new word or expression , one that s / he has not heard before or ...
Contents
Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 9 |
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 51 |
Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker | 77 |
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